本寺于一百一十四年六月二十九日至七月六日举办「夏季学界精进禅七」,恭请住持见颖大和尚主七。逾一千二百位来自台湾、美国、义大利、澳洲、泰国、菲律宾、香港、日本等海内外精舍护法居士及学界人士,共聚禅堂精进用功;更有近四百位义工发心八天全程护七,共同成就殊胜法缘。
禅七期间,学员们依循主七大和尚开示的用功要领,透过每日十支香,坐香、行香、早晚课诵、过堂……于动静间返照自心,锻炼时刻作主的心地工夫,期能彻见本来面目,「明心见性,见性成佛」。
七日禅修功圆,全体学员满怀法喜感恩,秉持大善知识的教诲,将禅七中的体悟,带到日常生活继续实践,坚住正念,随顺觉性,迈向光明的菩提大道。
夏季学界精进禅七,海内外逾一千二百位学员把握胜缘共聚禅堂,依循主七见颖大和尚开示的用功要领,精进参究。
透过行香、过堂,保持人在哪里,心在哪里,锻炼动中作主的工夫。
盛夏炎威炙人烦 禅林和风润心清
当前一念澄寂明 历历乾坤透真性
荷擎珠露映尘寰 莲开妙华照琼境
若问行者何处去 脚跟点地即归宁
诸位知识,即今起七一事,最后一句又怎么说法?
暑气不侵性海净 乌云难掩月轮明
起—
The searing furnace of midsummer leaves us restless;
Yet a tender Chan-grove breeze cools the mind.
Calm this very mind to lucid, complete stillness;
Heaven and earth stand vivid, revealing the True.
Lotus leaves lift pearl-dew, mirroring the dusty world;
Their blossoms unfold splendor, illuminating the jade-realm.
Ask where do you, the wayfarer, go?
The instant your heel meets earth, you are home in peace.
Good cultivators, for this Chan-Seven Initiation, how shall the last verse be?
Summer heat can never stain the purity of ocean-like nature;
Dark clouds cannot conceal the radiance of the full moon.
Begin—
禅堂宴坐功行圆 炎威虽烈心常清
举足落足即当境 闻声息语见真性
忧欢聚散人间行 悲智双运菩萨情
空里无花呈妙有 步步生莲步步宁
诸位知识,即今解七一事,最后一句又怎么说法?
人间热恼性本净 万里云天月同明
解—
In the Chan hall, our practice ripens to fullness;
Though summer burns, the mind stays clear and cool.
Lifting a foot, setting it down—each is the present field;
Hearing a sound, letting words rest—true nature appears.
Joy and sorrow, meetings, partings—such is the human way;
Compassion and wisdom move as one—the bodhisattva heart.
Where emptiness bears no flowers, wondrous existence is revealed;
A lotus blooms with every step; each tread unfolds deep peace.
Good cultivators, for this Chan-Seven Completion, how shall the last verse be?
Though human afflictions sear like fire, the nature stays intrinsically pure;
Across boundless clouds and sky, one moon shines equally bright.
Done—